Technology

Resources from the book: The New School Learnng Commons:

Foundational Ideas

•    “Digtial Transformation: A Framework for ICT Literacy: A Report of the International ICT Literacy Panel.” Educational Testing Services, 2007. At: http://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/Information_and_Communication_Technology_Literacy/ictreport.pdf  A major theoretical document that formed the foundation for the creation of an ICT assessment by ETS.

•    “The Intellectual and Policy Foundations of the 21st Century Skills Framework.” At: http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/route21/images/

stories/epapers/skills_foundations_final.pdf  A white paper arguing the intellectual foundation of technology and learning.

•    Jenkins, Henry, et.al. “Confronting the Challenge of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century.” MacArthur Foundation. at: http://www.projectnml.org/files/working/NMLWhitePaper.pdf

Professional Documents:

•    Partnership for 21st Century Skills. Route 21. At: http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/route21/  A model of what skills young people need to have and be able to do to be competitive globally.

•    “Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.” AASL http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/learningstandards/standards.cfm  A vision document that integrates technology into the inquiry process.

•    “Children and Electr4onic Media” Vol. 18, No. 1 of The Future of Children. Princeton-Brookings Institute, Spring, 2008.

•    “National Educational Technology Standards for Students.” 2nd ed. ISTE, 2007. (available from ISTE)

•    “National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers.” 2nd ed. ISTE, 2008. (available from ISTE)

•    Digital Transformation: A framework for ICT Literacy: A Report of the International ICT Literacy Panel.” ETS, 2007.

Professional Organizations:

•    International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) with its NETS standards and annual NECC conference provides a great deal of guidance for technology programs.

•    Most jurisdictions have a professional organization connected to technology with an accompanying annual conference.

•    Check out opportunities in local and national organizations to exhibit technological projects and creations like science fair competitions. Available at: http://www.futureofchildren.org/usr_doc/Media_08_01.pdf

Other Resources

•    Pitler, Howard, et. al. Using Technology with Classroom Instruction That Works. ASCD and McREL, 2007.

•    Blos, Suzie and Jane Krauss. Reinventing Project-Based Learning. ISTE, 2007.

•    Educational Media and Technology Yearbook. Annual. Libraries Unlimited.

•    Hendron, John G. RSS for Educators: Blogs, Newsfeeds, Podcasts, and Wikis in the Classroom. ISTE, 2008.

•    Jonassen, David H., et. al. Meaningful Learning with Technology.3rd Edition. Prentice-Hall, 2007.

•    November, Alan. Web Literacy for Educators. Corwin Press, 2008.

•    Simonson, Michael, et.al. Teaching and Learning at a Distance: Foundations of Distance Education. 4th Edition Prentice-Hall, 2008.

•    Spector, J. Michael and Philip A. Harris. Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology. Routledge, 2007.

•    Warlick, David. Classroom Blogging. 2nd Ed.Lulu.com, 2007.

•    Rose, David and Anne Meyer. Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age. ASCD 2002.

•    Digiteen: A web page for a digital citizenship group project between Qatar Academy, Westwood Schools in Camilla, Georgia USA and Vienna International School in Vienna, Austria. At: http://digiteen.wikispaces.com/

•    Tapscott, Don and Anthony D. Williams. Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything. Expanded Edition. Portfolio Press, 2008.

•    Li, Charlene and Josh Bernoff. Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. Harvard Business Press, 2008.

Blogs

•    Warlick, David. 2¢ Worth: Teaching & Learning in the new information landscape… at: http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/

•    Heppell, Stephen. Stephen Heppell’s Weblog at: http://www.heppell.net/weblog/stephen/

•    November, Alan. November Learning at: http://novemberlearning.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

•    McKenzie, Jamie. From Now On: the Educational Technology Journal at: http://fno.org/

•    Jukes, Ian. The Committed Sardine at: http://web.mac.com/iajukes/thecommittedsardine/BLOG/BLOG.html

Over to You

Please add other resources connected to technology here:

•  Leadership for Web2.0 in Education: Promise and Reality, a stydy done for Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) , released May 2009 finds support for web 2.0applications in schools  at: http://www.cosn.org/Default.aspx?id=85&tabid=4189
• Educause publishes a trens report on technology each year that is must reading. The 2009 report is at: http://www.educause.edu/ELI/2009HorizonReport/163616
• Watch Rober Nevin's presentation on Google Aps at: http://www.schoolinfo.ca/connectingeducation/googleApps.htm
• Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use publishes a variety of resources at: http://csriu.org/
• Learning Tools at: http://c4lpt.co.uk/learningtools.html
• 21st Century Sklills Support Systems Implementation Guides (draft) at: http://www.weareteachers.com/web/407596/discussit
• On Free Technology for Teachers, download Twelve Essentials for Technolgoy Integration: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/06/twelve-essentials-for-technology.html
• 30+ Alternatives to YouTube: http://matthiasheil.de/2009/06/24/30-alternatives-to-youtube/
• Will Richardson explores how new paths to learning await schools that embrace the transformative power of technology: Why Schools Should Break the Web 2.0 Barrier
• Tech Industry folks who watch over progress in technology in the schools for obvious reasons, don't see a lot of progress being made: http://thejournal.com/articles/2009/07/02/research-shows-schools-making-small-progress-toward-technology-rich-environments.aspx